The ways physicians are paid and their attitudes toward these payment methods are
evolving rapidly, a CMA survey indicates. It shows that doctors who prefer fee-for-service …

A comment on this article appears in" Paediatric fees." NZ Med J. 1989 Aug 23; 102 (874):
447-8. A comment on this article appears in" General practitioners fees for children." NZ Med …

The public perceives that doctors earn too much, while general practitioners complain that
their income is dwindling. In the absence of reliable data on doctors' incomes, it is …

This paper reviews the health care system and the supporting health insurance framework in
Australia. The importance of the health insurance mechanism is stressed in relation to the …

At a time of debate over physicians' fees and income, we describe the evolution of Blue
Shield plans and programs to pay physicians' fees. We review how Medicare's" reasonable …

Until the fourth decade of this century, British and American patients who could afford
physician services paid for them out of their own pockets; those who could not relied on …

After Medicare went into effect on July 1, 1966, the prices of all health services went up.
Between December 1965 and December 1966, physicians' fees alone jumped 7.8 percent; …

In the Australian Medicare system, general practitioners (GPs) are paid on a fee-for-service
basis. A practitioner can choose to bill the government directly (termed bulk billing) and …

In a recent article Dr. Guy Dain1 refers to" the need to look at, and appraise, some of the
Medical Services in other countries, where a fee-per-service system is in vogue, when …

In Australia, both in-hospital and out-of-hospital services are subsidized via a national,
social health insurance scheme, referred to as" Medicare." Revenue for the scheme is raised …